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Aug. 25, 1925.

E. M. ATKINSON COMBINATION COOKER AND HEATER Filed Aug. 14.

Mae, 4 item eys Patented Au 25, 1925.

UNITED STATES EDWARD M. ATKINSON, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

COMBINATION COOKER AND HEATER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, EDWARD M. ATKIN- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates,.residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State ofOregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CombinationHeaters and Cookers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates ,to an improved type of cooking and heatingdevice, adapted for use in connection with any ordinary cooking orheating stove, and adapted to obtain the maximum efficiency from thefire in the stove, by contacting with flames at a point beneath the topof the stove.

The objects of the invention are to provide improvements for greaterefficiency, and for a greater number of uses, in and for the devicesdescribed and claimed in my Letters Patent No. 1,223,552, issued to meApril 24, 1917.

The particular objects of this invention are to provide an auxiliaryreceptacle or utensil to fit into the outer form of receptacle describedin said Letters Patent, which said inner and auxiliary receptacle shallbe constructed preferably from aluminum, or similar metal which may beeasily cleaned and maintained with a clean, smooth inner surface withinwhich foods may be quickly cooked, and the outer surface of theauxiliary receptacle shall be protected from actual contact with theflames and smoke, by the walls of the outer receptacle, and still theextreme heat from the inner part of the stove may be utilized in cookingfoods.

A further particular improvement are auxiliary covers and heatdistributors for attachment over the top of the heater receptacle, whichcovers may be used either while the inner receptacle is in use forcooking or may be used only while the heater receptacle is in operationfor heating the atmos phere of a building.

The invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement andcombination of parts as hereinafter more particularly described.

I have described my invention in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, of which Figure 1 is a vertical cross-section.

Application filed. August 14, 1924. Serial No. 732,078.

Figure 2 is a vertical cross'section through the top of the cooker andheater attachments. 1

Figure 3 is a top plan of the covers of the cookers, partly in section,taken on line 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 1 is a view of a segment plan of the collar for the cooker.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a stove partly in section showing thecooker and heater in position.

Like numerals on different figures represent like parts.

In accordance with the present invention a casing 1 preferablycylindrical is fitted to a bottom 2, provided with a peripheralflange 21within which the casing 1 is adapted to seat, and secured thereto eitherby rivets as illustrated, or by Welding or crimping as may be expedient,the object being to secure a tight joint not readily affected by thedirect application of dry heat. The upper edge of the casing 1 is flaredoutwardly as illustrated at 22 and a tubular member 3 is secured uponthe outer face of the casing 1 in axial alignment therewith the top oftube 3 being closed and the bottom open, and the outer wall providedwith a plurality of spaced notches 4.

A ring 6 is slidably mounted upon casing 1 being provided with a notch23 to accommodat-e tube 3 and having a ledge 5 pivoted adjacent notch 23adapted to engage one of the notches t in tube 3 to maintain the ring 6in adjusted relation to the tubular container 1. Ears 7 are riveted uponopposite sides of the casing 1 to accommodate a bail 8, by means ofwhich the container can be readily handled. The tubular guide 6 may beadjustably stiffened by a supplementary reenforcement ring 6, of angularcross section suitably secured thereto.

A supplementary or auxiliary container 9 having a closed bottom and anopen top and preferably made from aluminum or other similar and suitablematerial is provided, having its upper edge outwardly flared as at 10 toseat over the flange 22 of the outer container 1 to maintain the innercontainer in spaced relation within the outer container. The innercontainer 9 is further provided upon its inner upper surface with smallhandles 11 secured thereto by plugs 12 riveted or otherwise secured tothe inner container. This supplementary-inner container is adapted toreceive foods to be cooked, and it will be noted is exposed to theheated gases and radiated heat within the outer container 1. A closure15 is provided adapted to seat upon the ring flange 6 entirely enclosingthe upper parts of both containers, together with the bails or the innercontainer may, if desired, be closed by any ordinary top. A secondauxiliary closure 16 is also provided having a plurality of tongues 17struck up from the top thereof in a circular arrangement to provide aflange adapted to receive a tubular member 18 having a plurality ofcircumferentially spaced holes 18*. A second tubular cap member 19 isadapted to slidably seat over the tubular member 18 and is provided witha plurality of similarly situated openings 19 adapted to register withthe openings 18 in the tubular member 18. By rotating the tubular member19 upon the tubular member 18 the openings 18 and 19 may be adjustedeither to complete alignment or not, as desired. A plurality of pipes 20are suitably secured to the tubular member 19 in alignment with theopenings 19* to convey heat from the tubular member 18 throughout a roomor dwelling, as desired.

Having thus fully described my invention I claim:

In combination a cooker and heater with an outer chamber formed to passa predetermined-distance within the firebox of a stove, with an innerchamber formed to pass into the outer chamber for cooking purposes, withan outlet from the inner cham ber to the outer surface of the outerchamber, with means for supporting the inner chamber in the outerchamber and means for removing the said inner chamber from the outerchamber, with a cover extending over both chambers described, havingopenings into a heat chamber above the cover, and means for distributingthe heat from the latter chamber.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

EDWARD M. ATKINSON.

